"butt-weld" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "butt-welds",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "butt-welding",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "butt-welded",
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      "form": "butt-welded",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "buttweld"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1959 November, “Talking of Trains: Widening north of York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518",
          "text": "One section of the line will consist of 60 ft. lengths of rail welded together on site to form fully continuous rails; another will be of 300 ft. lengths, flash butt-welded in Dinsdale Rail Welding Depot and fishplated together on site; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398",
          "text": "The steel sheeting was butt-welded and a cover strip screwed over it to cover the joints.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of buttweld"
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  "word": "butt-weld"
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    {
      "form": "butt-welds",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butt-welding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butt-welded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butt-welded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "butt-welds",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1959 November, “Talking of Trains: Widening north of York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 518",
          "text": "One section of the line will consist of 60 ft. lengths of rail welded together on site to form fully continuous rails; another will be of 300 ft. lengths, flash butt-welded in Dinsdale Rail Welding Depot and fishplated together on site; [...].",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398",
          "text": "The steel sheeting was butt-welded and a cover strip screwed over it to cover the joints.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of buttweld"
      ],
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